West Bank

The West Bank is a landlocked territory of Palestine located along the Dead Sea in the Levant region of the Middle East. Most Palestinians live in the West Bank, which has major biblical cities such as Jerusalem, Hebron, Bethlehem, and Jericho, and for this reason it is hotly contested between the Muslim and Christian Arabs and the Jews of Israel. The region is formed by the "Green Line", the pre-1967 borders left over from Jordanian occupation from 1948 to 1967, and it is the de jure land of Palestine; however, many Israeli settlements are located in the West Bank, and are deemed "illegal" by Palestinians and many other countries.